Freedom of Speech: The History of an Idea

by Elizabeth Powers

Book Overview

The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain as
well as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radical
eighteenth-century thinkers, these essays by eminent scholars discover that twenty-fi rst-century controversies regarding the extent of permissible speech have their origins in the eighteenth century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611483859
• ISBN13: 9781611483857
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"